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The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1948-09-09

The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1948-09-09 page 1

N -t i MHERST EWS- AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1948 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD VOL XXX, NO. 37 Kindergarten Now Underway Council Hajidcuffed In Commercial Building Permit Issue Now Pending 11 JiHE IMES .1 ; - V ' v ' ' . r N - ; 1 --; r .-- 1 V If; rS . I " . - - X'J "' Camera shy and school shy youngsters register for kindergarten as the News-Times camera watches young faces. Deadline For Fall Elections Given To Voters Reminders from the Board of Elections state that the deadline for voting registration and registration transfer of registration for the coming general election has been set for October 4. Voters must have been Ohio residents for a year and must have lived in the county and their respective preceints for '40 days by November 2 to be eligible to vote here. Newly married voters will be required to re-register as will persons whose names have been legally changed. Any person 21 years of age by November 2 may register to vote in the general election. Those who have just become naturalized citizens may register, and those who have had a change of address mustre-register. AU persons who have not voted the last two years must also register. GUILD MEETS The Guild of the First Evangelical United Brethren church will resume activities following the summer recess and will hold Its first meeting of the fall in the home of Mrs. Raymond Sprague. Mrs. Gladys Drake and Mrs. Bertha Fritsch will be co-hostesses. It Won't Be Long Now . . . A smiling face on Richard Meyers, son of E. E. Meyers of Jackson street is a result of the doctor's decision to Remove his leg and body cast, necessitated by 8 bicycle and auto accident Buffered by Dick earlier in the I 'I. WpMiiriiViTuV'i -i A.' ! i - Special Kindergarten Meeting Mrs. Mildred Wycoff, kinder garten instructor has announced a special meeting for mothers of youngsters enrolled for Tuesday n:'ght, September 14 starting at 8:00 p.m. Strawpile Provides Spectacular Fire JElfly tons of . straw provided a spectacular blaze on the property of Ray Baumhart, Foster Park road last Friday afternoon, with firemen from Amherst and Black River townships responding to fight the blaze which lasted for almost eight hours. According to firemen's reports, the straw stack was ignited by sparks from a bailing machine in operation adjacent ' to . the straw. Firemen battled successfully keeping the flames confined to the straw stack and saving a dairy barn only 25 feat from the blaze. The barn was full of hay and grain, and was used to house cattle. According to reports some twelve thousand gol-lons of water were ussed In keeping the blaze under control; saving the barn and contents valued at approximately $15,000. Sponsor Concert The Tremp Trio, vocalists and instrumentalists, will provide a concert on Friday evening, October 8, under the auspices of the South Amherst Swiss Lodge. The concert will be held at the South Amherst high school audi torium at 8 p.m., with a dance to follow at the Swiss Hall. year. Dick has cheerfully undergone all the hardships which only a seven year old boy can know being cooped up in plaster cast bonds for over ten weeks. The boy's grandmother Mrs. G. O'Dell of R. D. 2, Amherst smilingly told of the boy's Improvised transportation via an old roller skate. For movement in and out of the car and around the house he must be carried by adults. The late invalid hopes to enter school soon in the 2nd grade. He'll have plenty to tell the other kids, and besides few youngsters can brag about a silver plate (realhonest-to-good-ness) in their very own leg! Good luck and good playing to you Richard Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bring, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Helnzerling, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Rosenkranz recently enjoyed a trip to Kingsville, Canada, on the Stmr.' Pelee from Sandusky. Amherst's planning; commission-minded councilmen squirmed in their administrative seats Tuesday night when Mayor Henry Kane informed them that he was forced to issue a commercial building permit to Robert Finnegan, local plumber for the construction of a one story concrete block plumbing shop on the south side of tial district, on the second lot rhe mayor explained that beinsr at present no zoning ordinances in effect. According off die permit for building until date permitting immediate construction. To Contact Commission Ray Wasem, council president was instructed to contact mem bers of the newly organized planning commission for a discussion of the matter. Finnegan's reqest for a tree removal for sewer installation on the property was aired by the mayor, and council stated that Finnegan must conform to council law and submit written request before the tree can be removed. Solicitor Goldthorpe stated that a possible recourse might be had if residents of the area petitioned for an injunction forbidding such a construction.Spokesmen for the Grange headed by Herman Bring laid the Grange program for tree replant-planted in town were drawn up. ing requests for young trees to be In the fall the Grange will make a few dozen hard maple trees about five feet high available for planting. Requests for plantings should be directed by letter to A. H.S. Enrollment Shows Increase Of 27 Students School opened Tuesday with I an enrollment of 754. Last year I the enrollment was 727. Of these 478 are in the first eight grades, an increase of 22 over as year. Enrollment in the, high school is 276 five more than last year. Of these, 55 are seniors, 75 juniors, 65 sophomores and 81 freshmen. . Fifty enrolled in the kindergarten an increase of seven, Mrs. Mildred Wikoff the teacher. Other teachers for the year are: first grades, Margaretha Schneider, Margaret Pandy; second grades, Effie Smith, Alma Bauer; third grades, Iona Maxwell, Hul-da Berger; fourth grade, Marion Baker; fourth and fifth grades, Bertine Foster; fifth grade, Florence Ehrman. Junior Hi mathematics, Ethel Eppley; Latin and junior high english, Alice Schriner; French, Spanish and English, Kathryn Murray; guidance director, mechanical drawing, economics, geography, Ralph Albright; History, Helen Wingate; Girls' physical education and history, Jean Ku-buske; Boys' physical education, history,, coach, Arthur Thomas; science,. Arthur Engle; mathematics and coach, Donald Ludwig; English and speech, Margaret Egeland; Industrial arts, Virkil Pincombe; vocal music and junior high literature, Floyd Moore; Home Economics, Ethel Haines; art and Junior high literature, Ann Cutler; commercial, Melba Schwed; English, Pauline Choate; Dana ana instrumental music, Sarah Miner; principal and English, Miss Marion Steele;! band and instrumental music. superintendent, F. R. clerk, Grayce Purcell. Powers; Labor Day Accident Put Two In Hospital At Routes 58 -113 The intersection of Routes 113 and 58 was the scene of an early Labor Day accident when two cars collided shortly after 8 a.m. Monday morning. Injured were Earnest Kazem-back, 50, driver of one of the cars and his wife, Lulu, 48. Kazemback suffered fractured ribs and possible internal inpur-ies. His wife suffered possible fracture of the right knee cap. Both were admitted to Elyria Memorial hospital. Gerald Schroeder and Miss Jane Beaver, of Columbus, spent the week-end and holiday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Schroeder. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Henes, of Miami, Florida, are visiting Mr. and Mrs;' A. C. Kreger and other Amherst relatives and friends. east of the Shell srasohne station. he was obliged to issue the the middle of the month, but Charles Miller, villus clerk. First come, first serve vi 11 decide who gets the trees. Request Equal Sewer Rates Residents of theIdlewood-Sun-set' drive area including spokesmen Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kane asked council for action on theone-sided tap in charges on the sanitary sewer in that area due to the sewer Koing down one side of the street and no tap-in extensions running into the op posite side of the street. The solicitor stated that the project was finished and accepted and that the only recourse was to contact the residents having the sewer on their side asking for a share of expenses so that equal tap rates would be enjoyed by both sides. Goldthorpe had drawn up letters to be sent to those residents with short taps and explaining the situation, and council decided to 'table further discussion until the letters had been sent out. " Jackson street sidewalk was given another boost with authorization for Charles Miller to deputize one of the residents to expedite the delivering of sidewalk notices to all residents of Jackson street. S. E. Stevens, attorney, appeared and asked council for action nulul"is "P y consmerauons ,"ue iik the Brandt allotment. Free tap in services were stated in the paper in consideration for the sewer right-of-way.. Goldthorpe was instructed to make the legal arrangements with Stevent. Stevens asked for futher action on the request for action by Floyd Herchler in the Wottring allotment on the points of excess surface water flowing through his property as a result of the village construction and also the contamination by sewerage. The solicitor was instructed to answer the letter stating that the sewerage had been removed by recent sewer tapp-ins and that present water flows on the property were not in excess of the natural drainage. Councilmen were all informed by letter that J. J. Smythe was retained as counsel for Frances Jaeger and Henry Kothe in damages resulting from water flow through their property as a result of faulty street drainage. Council, together with the mayor, superintendent Henry Gordon and street department head John Hollingsworth were scheduled to meet with Smythe in the trouble area on Saturday afternoon. Firemen Get Pay Raise Fire Chief Stiwald was given the raise he requested for his firemen, the new rate being $2 (Continued on Page Four) j f T JJrait KefflStratlOn O Here Climbs Over 96 As Week Ends Amherst draft registration figures have climbed to a total of 96 this week with additional eligibless scheduled to come to the town hall again Friday (torn-morrow) for registration. Tomorrow's registration was specially scheduled to compensate for the holiday on Monday, Labor Day. The regular registration days in Amherst are Monday and Wednesdays. Registrar Harry Earl stated that any men who are scheduled to register on a specific day and are unable to be here in the area at that time may call him by phone nnd he will make special arrangements for their registration. The Amherst Draft registration includes Brownhelm, South Amherst, and Henrietta as well as here in town. One out of state resident has signed here with home address given as Cameron, West Virginia. At this writing some 68 Amherst young men have been (signed up. Cleveland avenues residen permit according to law, there to Kane, he attempted to hold that Finnegan asked for a CURFEW HOUR CHANGES School children were asked by councilmen to observe the change in curfew hours. By law, the youngsters are now obliged to be off the streets ' by nine o'clock. The bell will be rung earlier I starting this week and will move up again accordingly when the time change is made , back to Eastern Standard Time at the end of this month. Town Residents Get Young Trees Through Hickory Grange Gift Certain numbers of Amherst . are supplied by the Lorain County residents will have the oppor- Tuberculosis and Heolth Assoc-tunity to aid in beautifying their latlon, Inc., and the County Dis-lots and adding to the village , trlct Health Department, under U t 1L - 1 appearance as a resuu ui uie.wnose auspices the x-rays were recently set up Grange planting program. At the Tuesday night council meeting Grangers promised from one to two dozen young hardwood maple trees- free of charge for planting to those requesting trees. The planting will be made in the fall, and Herman Bring, Grange spokesman, stated that additional trees would be available in the spring, .. , s Residents who want trees- in their tree lawns are asked to put their request in writing and address it to the village clerk, Charles Miller, Park avenue, where the requests will be filed there, to be filled in the order in which requests are received. Presidential Essay Contest Winners Slated For Expense Paid Washington The Amherst News-Times of fers a chance to a junior and a senior high school student and their teachers to attend the inauguration of the next President of the United States in Washington in January, all expenses paid, in a stale-wide contest. What is more, a parent will make the trip with each state winner, too. , All you have to do to enter the contest, If you are a junior or senior high school student In the territory esrved by the Amherst News-Times, Is write an essay of 250 words or leu on the subject: "Why I Think President Was Great." There will be five local prizes for the winners in the junior high contest a nd five local prizes for the senior high contest right here at home. The five best essays In each contest, aften winning the local prizes, will be entered by The Elect F. Hogrefe Vice-President At Lutheran Meet Fred Hogrefe of Jackson street, Amherst, was named first vice-president when the Ohio's Fed eration of Aid Association for Lutherans held its 21st annual convention at Elyria on Septem ber 4th and 5th as guests of the local branches of Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, and Amherst. Mr. LeRoy Stohlman, national secretary of Appleton, Wis., was the guest speaker at the banquet held in the Elks' Hall Sunday evening. Entertainment at the conclave featured mariba selections by Mrs. George Koepp of Elyria. Bamey and Tahrney, South Amherst Swiss and Hill Billy Yodelers and vocal renditions by Mrs. James Short of Elyria. People From Ten States Listed As TB X-Rays Are Taken At Fair -""-V, 'tiH .If J iutmS!: r ft. ! A breakdown of the figures i covering the 2672 personsX-ray-led at the Wellington Fair gives i an interesting picture as to where ' the persons attending the Fair ; came from. The following figures taken. There were 2672 personsx-rayed, 2387 adults and 285 children. 2658 were from Ohio and 14' came from 10 other states, one being as far away as California. Of the 2658 from Ohio, 2281 were from Lorain County and 377 from other sections of the State. Th following states were represented: Connecticut, California, .Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Vork, Virginia, and W. Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mischka and their house guest, Mrs. Amanda Svenman, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with relatives in Cleveland. News-Times In the state-wUe contest for the trip to Washington.From all Ohio, two winners will be selected for the State Grand Prizes. Each of. the two students writing the Grand Prize essay, his mother, or father and the teacher he selects at the time of submitting his essay will all six go to Washington with all expenses paid by the Standard Oil Company (Ohio). In addition, Sohio will provide a Presidential Medal, made by the United States Bureau of the Mint of the Treasury Department at Philadelphia, of the specific Pres ident selected by the ten Amherst winners in the local junior and senior high school contests. With the presidential election Just ahead, Interest In the Inauguration In January la running high and some lucky boy or girl from this area may be right there to see the gala cere A Happy 90th Birthday Coming . . . Mrs. Harold Kline, 580 Park Avenue, will hold "open house" from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in compliment to her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jaeger, who will observe her 90th birthday anniversary, Saturday, Sept. 11. Mrs. Jaeger was born in Germany and came to this country at the age of 11 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wernert, who located in Amherst, Mrs. Jaeger residing here ever since. Mrs. Jaeger's husband, August Jaeger, Sr. died in 1925. They had six children, four of whom are living. Martha and Edward being dead. The others are Mrs. Kline, Amherst, Mrs. John Hall Pittsburg, Pa.; August Jr. and George jaeger, Amherst. There are four grandchildren and one great grandchild. There is also one sister, Mrs. Mary Hildebrand, Cleveland, who is 92 years old. Mrs. Jaeger is able to be about and makes neighborly calls, .roaiMCOUHTY r . i i ..wijijj Football Tomorrow Nidit . ! Follou'ers of the Comet football squad are reminded of the preseason Medical Injury Fund contest scheduled for tomorrow AFridajQ night under the lights at Baldwin Wallace college stadium..Besides seeing the local griddert in action for the first time this' season, you'll be contributing toward aiding expenses which might conie out of injuries. FRIDAY NIGHT-B-W STADIUM hktnC town - boy piay- t's4ut quarter ' v ' ' Vl, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Salisbury and daughter, Gail, and Mrs. Ella Salisbury, of Willoughby, were the week-end guests at the Avery home on Park avenue. D. C. Tour monies, along with a parent and a teacher. All expenses of their travel to Washington, seats in the reviewing stand, meals and spending money will be provided and arranged by Sohio It is a simple contest. ' You may pick any President you wish to write about. Then tell, in your own words, why you think he was a great president. Write on one side of, the paper, putting your name, grade, school, and address In . the upper right-hand corner together with thename of the " teacher who has helped, you gain knowledge for the essay. Mail this to the PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST EDITOR of the Amherst News-Times not later than midnight, October 3.' Judges will be announced in a later story, together with further information on the contest and the prizes. , '--v. .1" -' ';tf

N -t i MHERST EWS- AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1948 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD VOL XXX, NO. 37 Kindergarten Now Underway Council Hajidcuffed In Commercial Building Permit Issue Now Pending 11 JiHE IMES .1 ; - V ' v ' ' . r N - ; 1 --; r .-- 1 V If; rS . I " . - - X'J "' Camera shy and school shy youngsters register for kindergarten as the News-Times camera watches young faces. Deadline For Fall Elections Given To Voters Reminders from the Board of Elections state that the deadline for voting registration and registration transfer of registration for the coming general election has been set for October 4. Voters must have been Ohio residents for a year and must have lived in the county and their respective preceints for '40 days by November 2 to be eligible to vote here. Newly married voters will be required to re-register as will persons whose names have been legally changed. Any person 21 years of age by November 2 may register to vote in the general election. Those who have just become naturalized citizens may register, and those who have had a change of address mustre-register. AU persons who have not voted the last two years must also register. GUILD MEETS The Guild of the First Evangelical United Brethren church will resume activities following the summer recess and will hold Its first meeting of the fall in the home of Mrs. Raymond Sprague. Mrs. Gladys Drake and Mrs. Bertha Fritsch will be co-hostesses. It Won't Be Long Now . . . A smiling face on Richard Meyers, son of E. E. Meyers of Jackson street is a result of the doctor's decision to Remove his leg and body cast, necessitated by 8 bicycle and auto accident Buffered by Dick earlier in the I 'I. WpMiiriiViTuV'i -i A.' ! i - Special Kindergarten Meeting Mrs. Mildred Wycoff, kinder garten instructor has announced a special meeting for mothers of youngsters enrolled for Tuesday n:'ght, September 14 starting at 8:00 p.m. Strawpile Provides Spectacular Fire JElfly tons of . straw provided a spectacular blaze on the property of Ray Baumhart, Foster Park road last Friday afternoon, with firemen from Amherst and Black River townships responding to fight the blaze which lasted for almost eight hours. According to firemen's reports, the straw stack was ignited by sparks from a bailing machine in operation adjacent ' to . the straw. Firemen battled successfully keeping the flames confined to the straw stack and saving a dairy barn only 25 feat from the blaze. The barn was full of hay and grain, and was used to house cattle. According to reports some twelve thousand gol-lons of water were ussed In keeping the blaze under control; saving the barn and contents valued at approximately $15,000. Sponsor Concert The Tremp Trio, vocalists and instrumentalists, will provide a concert on Friday evening, October 8, under the auspices of the South Amherst Swiss Lodge. The concert will be held at the South Amherst high school audi torium at 8 p.m., with a dance to follow at the Swiss Hall. year. Dick has cheerfully undergone all the hardships which only a seven year old boy can know being cooped up in plaster cast bonds for over ten weeks. The boy's grandmother Mrs. G. O'Dell of R. D. 2, Amherst smilingly told of the boy's Improvised transportation via an old roller skate. For movement in and out of the car and around the house he must be carried by adults. The late invalid hopes to enter school soon in the 2nd grade. He'll have plenty to tell the other kids, and besides few youngsters can brag about a silver plate (realhonest-to-good-ness) in their very own leg! Good luck and good playing to you Richard Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bring, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Helnzerling, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Rosenkranz recently enjoyed a trip to Kingsville, Canada, on the Stmr.' Pelee from Sandusky. Amherst's planning; commission-minded councilmen squirmed in their administrative seats Tuesday night when Mayor Henry Kane informed them that he was forced to issue a commercial building permit to Robert Finnegan, local plumber for the construction of a one story concrete block plumbing shop on the south side of tial district, on the second lot rhe mayor explained that beinsr at present no zoning ordinances in effect. According off die permit for building until date permitting immediate construction. To Contact Commission Ray Wasem, council president was instructed to contact mem bers of the newly organized planning commission for a discussion of the matter. Finnegan's reqest for a tree removal for sewer installation on the property was aired by the mayor, and council stated that Finnegan must conform to council law and submit written request before the tree can be removed. Solicitor Goldthorpe stated that a possible recourse might be had if residents of the area petitioned for an injunction forbidding such a construction.Spokesmen for the Grange headed by Herman Bring laid the Grange program for tree replant-planted in town were drawn up. ing requests for young trees to be In the fall the Grange will make a few dozen hard maple trees about five feet high available for planting. Requests for plantings should be directed by letter to A. H.S. Enrollment Shows Increase Of 27 Students School opened Tuesday with I an enrollment of 754. Last year I the enrollment was 727. Of these 478 are in the first eight grades, an increase of 22 over as year. Enrollment in the, high school is 276 five more than last year. Of these, 55 are seniors, 75 juniors, 65 sophomores and 81 freshmen. . Fifty enrolled in the kindergarten an increase of seven, Mrs. Mildred Wikoff the teacher. Other teachers for the year are: first grades, Margaretha Schneider, Margaret Pandy; second grades, Effie Smith, Alma Bauer; third grades, Iona Maxwell, Hul-da Berger; fourth grade, Marion Baker; fourth and fifth grades, Bertine Foster; fifth grade, Florence Ehrman. Junior Hi mathematics, Ethel Eppley; Latin and junior high english, Alice Schriner; French, Spanish and English, Kathryn Murray; guidance director, mechanical drawing, economics, geography, Ralph Albright; History, Helen Wingate; Girls' physical education and history, Jean Ku-buske; Boys' physical education, history,, coach, Arthur Thomas; science,. Arthur Engle; mathematics and coach, Donald Ludwig; English and speech, Margaret Egeland; Industrial arts, Virkil Pincombe; vocal music and junior high literature, Floyd Moore; Home Economics, Ethel Haines; art and Junior high literature, Ann Cutler; commercial, Melba Schwed; English, Pauline Choate; Dana ana instrumental music, Sarah Miner; principal and English, Miss Marion Steele;! band and instrumental music. superintendent, F. R. clerk, Grayce Purcell. Powers; Labor Day Accident Put Two In Hospital At Routes 58 -113 The intersection of Routes 113 and 58 was the scene of an early Labor Day accident when two cars collided shortly after 8 a.m. Monday morning. Injured were Earnest Kazem-back, 50, driver of one of the cars and his wife, Lulu, 48. Kazemback suffered fractured ribs and possible internal inpur-ies. His wife suffered possible fracture of the right knee cap. Both were admitted to Elyria Memorial hospital. Gerald Schroeder and Miss Jane Beaver, of Columbus, spent the week-end and holiday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Schroeder. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Henes, of Miami, Florida, are visiting Mr. and Mrs;' A. C. Kreger and other Amherst relatives and friends. east of the Shell srasohne station. he was obliged to issue the the middle of the month, but Charles Miller, villus clerk. First come, first serve vi 11 decide who gets the trees. Request Equal Sewer Rates Residents of theIdlewood-Sun-set' drive area including spokesmen Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kane asked council for action on theone-sided tap in charges on the sanitary sewer in that area due to the sewer Koing down one side of the street and no tap-in extensions running into the op posite side of the street. The solicitor stated that the project was finished and accepted and that the only recourse was to contact the residents having the sewer on their side asking for a share of expenses so that equal tap rates would be enjoyed by both sides. Goldthorpe had drawn up letters to be sent to those residents with short taps and explaining the situation, and council decided to 'table further discussion until the letters had been sent out. " Jackson street sidewalk was given another boost with authorization for Charles Miller to deputize one of the residents to expedite the delivering of sidewalk notices to all residents of Jackson street. S. E. Stevens, attorney, appeared and asked council for action nulul"is "P y consmerauons ,"ue iik the Brandt allotment. Free tap in services were stated in the paper in consideration for the sewer right-of-way.. Goldthorpe was instructed to make the legal arrangements with Stevent. Stevens asked for futher action on the request for action by Floyd Herchler in the Wottring allotment on the points of excess surface water flowing through his property as a result of the village construction and also the contamination by sewerage. The solicitor was instructed to answer the letter stating that the sewerage had been removed by recent sewer tapp-ins and that present water flows on the property were not in excess of the natural drainage. Councilmen were all informed by letter that J. J. Smythe was retained as counsel for Frances Jaeger and Henry Kothe in damages resulting from water flow through their property as a result of faulty street drainage. Council, together with the mayor, superintendent Henry Gordon and street department head John Hollingsworth were scheduled to meet with Smythe in the trouble area on Saturday afternoon. Firemen Get Pay Raise Fire Chief Stiwald was given the raise he requested for his firemen, the new rate being $2 (Continued on Page Four) j f T JJrait KefflStratlOn O Here Climbs Over 96 As Week Ends Amherst draft registration figures have climbed to a total of 96 this week with additional eligibless scheduled to come to the town hall again Friday (torn-morrow) for registration. Tomorrow's registration was specially scheduled to compensate for the holiday on Monday, Labor Day. The regular registration days in Amherst are Monday and Wednesdays. Registrar Harry Earl stated that any men who are scheduled to register on a specific day and are unable to be here in the area at that time may call him by phone nnd he will make special arrangements for their registration. The Amherst Draft registration includes Brownhelm, South Amherst, and Henrietta as well as here in town. One out of state resident has signed here with home address given as Cameron, West Virginia. At this writing some 68 Amherst young men have been (signed up. Cleveland avenues residen permit according to law, there to Kane, he attempted to hold that Finnegan asked for a CURFEW HOUR CHANGES School children were asked by councilmen to observe the change in curfew hours. By law, the youngsters are now obliged to be off the streets ' by nine o'clock. The bell will be rung earlier I starting this week and will move up again accordingly when the time change is made , back to Eastern Standard Time at the end of this month. Town Residents Get Young Trees Through Hickory Grange Gift Certain numbers of Amherst . are supplied by the Lorain County residents will have the oppor- Tuberculosis and Heolth Assoc-tunity to aid in beautifying their latlon, Inc., and the County Dis-lots and adding to the village , trlct Health Department, under U t 1L - 1 appearance as a resuu ui uie.wnose auspices the x-rays were recently set up Grange planting program. At the Tuesday night council meeting Grangers promised from one to two dozen young hardwood maple trees- free of charge for planting to those requesting trees. The planting will be made in the fall, and Herman Bring, Grange spokesman, stated that additional trees would be available in the spring, .. , s Residents who want trees- in their tree lawns are asked to put their request in writing and address it to the village clerk, Charles Miller, Park avenue, where the requests will be filed there, to be filled in the order in which requests are received. Presidential Essay Contest Winners Slated For Expense Paid Washington The Amherst News-Times of fers a chance to a junior and a senior high school student and their teachers to attend the inauguration of the next President of the United States in Washington in January, all expenses paid, in a stale-wide contest. What is more, a parent will make the trip with each state winner, too. , All you have to do to enter the contest, If you are a junior or senior high school student In the territory esrved by the Amherst News-Times, Is write an essay of 250 words or leu on the subject: "Why I Think President Was Great." There will be five local prizes for the winners in the junior high contest a nd five local prizes for the senior high contest right here at home. The five best essays In each contest, aften winning the local prizes, will be entered by The Elect F. Hogrefe Vice-President At Lutheran Meet Fred Hogrefe of Jackson street, Amherst, was named first vice-president when the Ohio's Fed eration of Aid Association for Lutherans held its 21st annual convention at Elyria on Septem ber 4th and 5th as guests of the local branches of Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, and Amherst. Mr. LeRoy Stohlman, national secretary of Appleton, Wis., was the guest speaker at the banquet held in the Elks' Hall Sunday evening. Entertainment at the conclave featured mariba selections by Mrs. George Koepp of Elyria. Bamey and Tahrney, South Amherst Swiss and Hill Billy Yodelers and vocal renditions by Mrs. James Short of Elyria. People From Ten States Listed As TB X-Rays Are Taken At Fair -""-V, 'tiH .If J iutmS!: r ft. ! A breakdown of the figures i covering the 2672 personsX-ray-led at the Wellington Fair gives i an interesting picture as to where ' the persons attending the Fair ; came from. The following figures taken. There were 2672 personsx-rayed, 2387 adults and 285 children. 2658 were from Ohio and 14' came from 10 other states, one being as far away as California. Of the 2658 from Ohio, 2281 were from Lorain County and 377 from other sections of the State. Th following states were represented: Connecticut, California, .Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Vork, Virginia, and W. Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mischka and their house guest, Mrs. Amanda Svenman, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with relatives in Cleveland. News-Times In the state-wUe contest for the trip to Washington.From all Ohio, two winners will be selected for the State Grand Prizes. Each of. the two students writing the Grand Prize essay, his mother, or father and the teacher he selects at the time of submitting his essay will all six go to Washington with all expenses paid by the Standard Oil Company (Ohio). In addition, Sohio will provide a Presidential Medal, made by the United States Bureau of the Mint of the Treasury Department at Philadelphia, of the specific Pres ident selected by the ten Amherst winners in the local junior and senior high school contests. With the presidential election Just ahead, Interest In the Inauguration In January la running high and some lucky boy or girl from this area may be right there to see the gala cere A Happy 90th Birthday Coming . . . Mrs. Harold Kline, 580 Park Avenue, will hold "open house" from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in compliment to her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jaeger, who will observe her 90th birthday anniversary, Saturday, Sept. 11. Mrs. Jaeger was born in Germany and came to this country at the age of 11 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wernert, who located in Amherst, Mrs. Jaeger residing here ever since. Mrs. Jaeger's husband, August Jaeger, Sr. died in 1925. They had six children, four of whom are living. Martha and Edward being dead. The others are Mrs. Kline, Amherst, Mrs. John Hall Pittsburg, Pa.; August Jr. and George jaeger, Amherst. There are four grandchildren and one great grandchild. There is also one sister, Mrs. Mary Hildebrand, Cleveland, who is 92 years old. Mrs. Jaeger is able to be about and makes neighborly calls, .roaiMCOUHTY r . i i ..wijijj Football Tomorrow Nidit . ! Follou'ers of the Comet football squad are reminded of the preseason Medical Injury Fund contest scheduled for tomorrow AFridajQ night under the lights at Baldwin Wallace college stadium..Besides seeing the local griddert in action for the first time this' season, you'll be contributing toward aiding expenses which might conie out of injuries. FRIDAY NIGHT-B-W STADIUM hktnC town - boy piay- t's4ut quarter ' v ' ' Vl, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Salisbury and daughter, Gail, and Mrs. Ella Salisbury, of Willoughby, were the week-end guests at the Avery home on Park avenue. D. C. Tour monies, along with a parent and a teacher. All expenses of their travel to Washington, seats in the reviewing stand, meals and spending money will be provided and arranged by Sohio It is a simple contest. ' You may pick any President you wish to write about. Then tell, in your own words, why you think he was a great president. Write on one side of, the paper, putting your name, grade, school, and address In . the upper right-hand corner together with thename of the " teacher who has helped, you gain knowledge for the essay. Mail this to the PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST EDITOR of the Amherst News-Times not later than midnight, October 3.' Judges will be announced in a later story, together with further information on the contest and the prizes. , '--v. .1" -' ';tf